Rope-clamp.



WILLIAM BRUNDELL, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

ROPE-CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed January 24,1907. Serial No. 353,909-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM BRUNDELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Rope-Clamp, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the-accompanying drawings as constituting a part thereoi.

This invention has for its object to provide a clamp which is especially serviceable to hold one end of a rope or line by devices so constructed that the rope-end may be readily drawn as taut as desired and released again, also to make the devices by which this is accomplished adjustable to suit ropes of varying diameter, and to make the whole device inexpensive to manufacture.

I accomplish my object by the contrivance shown in the drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is an elevation showing a rope-end to be fastened by my clamp, the rope under-going the process of being drawn as taut as desired through the clamp; Fig. 2 shows my clamp operating to hold the rope-end in place; Fig. 3 showsmy clamp so arranged as to release the rope and allow the same to be withdrawn; and Fig. 4 is abottom view of my device, showing the parts in the position they would appear during the operation of pulling the rope-end taut.

Referring now to the reference letters: My clamp is made of a bracket comprising a plate a, made with screw-holes b, b, for affixing the same to a wall or ceiling, and having two laterally projecting arms or members c, 0. Such bracket may be an integral casting. In the front-end of the members 0, c, are provided a series of holes d, horizontally alined, in which to receive a pin e constituting the axle of a toothed wheel f. Rearward of the wheel there is pivoted a keeper 9, controlled by a spring h. This the rope i may be drawn downward between the toothed wheel and the keeper for the purpose of making the same as taut as desired, without any hindrance on the part oi the keeper; but, when the rope is pulled in the opposite direction, the spring h will drive the keeper upon the rope and force the latter between two teeth of the wheel f, as shown in Fig. 2, and thus clamp the rope-end in place; and the harder the pull on the rope, the greater the keeper would resist the same.

If, however, it is desired to withdraw the rope-end from engagement with the clamping device, a pin 9' may be inserted in a hole j j, behind the upper-end oi the keeper, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby restraining the keeper against the action of the spring h, releasing the rope-end and allowing the same to be withdrawn from my clamping device. The toothed wheel, as well as the keeper, may also be a metal casting. Of course the pin j is not indispensable to restrain the keeper, a wedge of wood answering the same purpose.

I claim:

WILLIAM BRUNDELL.

Witnesses:

'l. J. GEISLER, 1 CECIL Lone. 

